This study aims to assess the microfinance institutions’ (MFIs’) efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary … outreach. For this purpose, we use a data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the social efficiency on the one hand and the … financial efficiency at the expense of social and financial efficiency. MFIs that stress outreach tend to be less efficient …

governance forms of microfinance institutions and the macroeconomic factors potentially influencing the financial performance of …We analyze the determinants of portfolio yield of microfinance institutions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan … improves the financial results of microfinance institutions whereas the effectiveness of group lending or advantages of rural …

We trace the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI … characteristics, ownership type, competition and regulation on the MFI's outreach to poor clients and its financial performance. The … shareholder firms in financial performance and outreach is found. …

This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. …

, regulation, interest rate policy and the balance between outreach and performance of MFIs. In summary, the findings of the …This paper provides a brief but comprehensive overview of microfinance academic literature with emphasis on recent … innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization …

This paper attempts to assess whether participation in a microfinance program helps households generate personal … savings, as distinct from savings through compulsory contributions to the program. We consider a microfinance program … participating in the microfinance program and a “control group” of non-participating households of similar characteristics. Using …

This paper not only addresses how linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions … – and particularly in jurisdictions where the Savings Group Outreach involvement is particularly low, but also illustrates …, could increase the desired effects, efficiency and impact of microfinance in selected jurisdictions. In so doing, it …